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Crack-smoking mayor faces more battles: Your Say

7:45 p.m. EST November 17, 2013

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

The Toronto City Council stripped Mayor Rob Ford, who has admitted to using crack and purchasing illegal drugs while in office, of executive powers. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

This mayor has actually surpassed former Washington, D.C., mayor Marion Barry, who went to jail for drug use, which I thought was nearly impossible to do.

I don't remember Barry dragging his wife into his mess or embarrassing his brother (Ford's brother is also a member of the Toronto City Council).

We're past Barry at this point, and that is truly a shame.

— Antonio Navarro Diaz

What a train wreck. Meanwhile, the cops arrest regular citizens for doing what Ford has done.

— OC Vago

I believe that most of the revelations of drug use didn't come out until after he was elected.

He was a member of the City Council and ran on a ticket of "stop the gravy train," and stop corruption and waste. It appears that his addiction problem got worse after he became mayor.

I doubt that he would have been elected had this come out before.

— Terry Mayer

Rob Ford is an embarrassment to the country of my mother's birth. Canadians used to be known for their moderate and pragmatic viewpoints. But the disease of neo-conservatism has infected the country, and we're seeing it play out in this and the oil sands development in Alberta.

I'm losing respect for the Canadians I've admired since I was a kid crossing the border to Ontario.